I can relate to Tanya Gold. I’m Jewish, and I celebrate Christmas with my husband, who isn’t. He also helps me celebrate Hanukah, and has just helped me make a menorah out of LED lights from Poundland. Where did she get her jumper?
Ivy Dennett-Thorpe
Felixstowe, Suffolk
All I knew about Hanukah was that it led Ross from Friends to dress up as an armadillo, so this article was both informative and hilarious.
Ian McTaggart
Liverpool
I was disappointed John Harris didn’t challenge Kezia Dugdale’s assertion that Nicola Sturgeon is a late convert to feminism. What evidence does she have for this? Talking of late converts, why didn’t he ask why it took her five years to bother voting, aged 23?
Rhona Bean
Edinburgh
Some of the remarks about Scotland were patronising, but one that really struck me was: “Members – known as MSPs, or Members of Scottish Parliament.” They are not “known as” MSPs, they are MSPs.
Katie Holton
By email
Three mentions of Burt Reynold’s nude Cosmopolitan pose in two weeks (the Maya Rudolph interview and Your View; Q&A, 29 November). It’s crying out for Burt to do That’s Me In The Picture, so we can see what all the fuss is about.
Hugh Cardiff
Crumlin, Dublin
What I wouldn’t give just to cook up a load of Malay food instead of another sodding turkey.
TheCheeseWrangler On theguardian.com
Can I come to Christmas lunch at Yotam’s?
BanksiaMarginata On theguardian.com
While I enjoyed Bridget Christie’s article on happiness, I’d like to correct her misunderstanding of the research quoted. Happiness is a bell curve that bottoms out at the start of our 40s, but we don’t have to wait till 70 for levels to improve, as she despairingly states; they start to improve a few years after 40, as you would expect from a bell curve.
Nick Jacob
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
The robin that visits Bridget Christie’s garden around now may not be the same robin each year. Anyway, how can she tell? They all look alike to me.
Steven Kilrain
London NW2
Incontinence is no joke, as Catherine Bennett may find when she’s old. A New Year resolution: kick up, not down.
Jenny Moir
Chelmsford
All I want for Christmas is for a Blind Date couple to fall in love. Please?
Ruth Cruickshank
St Andrews
• Got something to say about an article you’ve read in Guardian Weekend? Email weekend@theguardian.com, or comment at theguardian.com. To be considered for publication on Saturday, emails should include a full postal address (not for publication), must reach us by midday on the preceding Tuesday and may be edited. Follow Weekend on Twitter.
